Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 272
the actual subject isconcerned, the reliefs might admit of other inter-pretations than the one put forward. It has, forinstance, been urged, and the argument is a tempt-ing one, that the reliefs are Flavian, and illustrateDomitians wise edicts against Oriental mutilation *—a humane measure which… … THE PRINCIPATE OF TRAJAN 157 that the second relief represents his edict against thescripta famosa, or Hbellous pamphlets, which he orderedto be burnt in a public place (Suetonius, Domitianus,ch. 8). Although both interpretations are now generallyrejected, it cannot be denied that the lines of…
Sculpture, Roman · Sculpture, Greco-Roman
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